The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-06
mn FIFTY-FIFTH ASSEMBLY.
Message from the Governor that Ex-
cited Interest Among the Members.
croen Smith as Law Abiding Senator When
He Orders Votes Not Given To Be Re-
corded for the Affirmative.

CQlUeU luI tut AIufUiGllNt.
shortly after the House of Represent atives
n.can its session yesterday norning-one that |
+ Isa members regarded with TO particular care |
- the business that could be done had been ac- /
.omplished-a message from the Governor ex- |
cited attention Speaker sayre did not transmit !
20 that officer the engrossed Senate bills which |
ne signed the day before. Only tho Senate bills |
.nrolled by the Clerk Of the House were signed
and transmitted, and his communication to the |
Honse was to the effect that the engrossed bills
10 question should be sent at once TO the Gov. |
sroors Office, in order that they might be trans
nitted to the Senate with the enrolled bills for
the purpose of comparison. The purport of the |
message was no sooner learned through its being
.ssd by the Governors private secretary than
Sneaker Sayre said: "The secretary may in
form the Governor that the request will not be
complied with"
81 move Mr.. Speaker" said Representative
Jswett, that the Governors request be COM
Piled with
s'The motion is out Of order" the Speaker
promptly decided. SIT is contrary to the orders
of this House to receive communications from
the Senate, even If they do come through
messenger distinguished as the Governor OF
the State" Representative Jewett appealed,
but the Speaker replied There is nothing to
appeal from, and the appeal will not be enter
tained.' The Representative from Floyd con-
soled himself with request 'to enter a formal
protest." which was granted.
The Governor afterwards transmitted to the
Senate bills Nos 5, g. IL, Is, Is, &c, 45. rs. lO2
Of
which were received by him 'sfrom the House of
Representatives, through the chairman of it's
committee on enrolled bills, each signed by
Warren G.. Sayre, Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, and said bills are herewith trans
mitted for the signatures of the proper officers
of the Senate" After several measures were
considered Senator Fowler, Of the committee on
enrolled bills. said that it would be impossible
for his committee, in the absence of the en-
crossed copies, to certify to the correctness of
these bills unless their authors would aid in that
work This course ordered, and in the
afternoon Senator Smith announced that upon
this method Of verifcaton, he had been assured
Of the correctness of certain bills in the list
given, and had Agned them as president of the
Senate" He claimed they had come to the Sen
ate unlawful and unconstitutional man
nor. The bills originated In the Senate,
and the encrossed copies ought to have
been transmitted 1t was the Senate secretary's
dnty to enroll the bills, but 81 will not permit
the revolutionary acts of the Speaker of the
House," he said, ito defeat needed legislation.
aad have therefore signed certain bills Of the
lot. There others in my desk, and, when
they are found to be correct, will sign them
also" The bills not signed were Nos &c, Ill,
2l7, 242 and 193 But. as Senator Smith. who
has all the time nourished hope that the Re-
publicans would back down, was in a bad humor,
he took occasion to put himself as the the leader
OF the Democratic revolutiOnists. on record as
iaw-abiding and notwithstanding citizen and
Senator. lie called the acts of Speaker Sayre
as arbitrary. revolutionary and unconstitutional.
This gratifed the Democrats and caused others
acquainted with the proceedings Of the rabid De-
mocracy from the first day of the session up to
date to smile over the assumed innocence of the
Senator from jackson and jennings.
Senator MuliEx called up House bill regulat-
ing the sale of liquor by taxation and local con-
troll, but the Democrats refused 20 suspend the
constitutional rule to admit its passage. In the
afternoon the Sellers bill providing $500 coun
ty license and $3.50 additional for city and town
license to sell liquor, was put on its passage. II
Is presumed that the Secretary had been ordered
In his calling the roll to mark the silent Repub-
lican Senators as voting yea, for before the vote
was announced Senator Weir asked to have the
roll verified. Il will not do that sullenly re.
piled Senator Smith. 'Hear the VOTE yeas 30,
nays 10. He was about to announce that the
bill had passed, when he changed his mind about
verifying the call. This showed that most of
the Republican Senators. who silent the
grave when their names were called had been
recorded in the affirmative II call attention to
the fact said Senator Weir. ''that there are
Senators recorded as voting yen who die not vote
at all
''The Senator has no right to do anything of
the kind" said Senator Smith, with asperity
II want TO call the attention of the public, not
the Chair. for 90 not recognize him. exclaimed
Senator De Motto, that did not vote"
"The Door-keeper," shouted Smith, Twill put
the Senator in his seat, and keep him there y
He then claimed that the bill had passed, when
it needed, by half dozen votes the constitu-
tional majority. The Senate committee on cleo
ad ha for o.
Cures seat. recommending that the case be IN
definitely postponed. This was done.
Senator Mcdonald called up q resolution urg-
Ing on Congress tho passage of n service pension
bill. His speech brought on him charge from
his Democratic colleague Howard, of ST.
Joseph, that the resolution had coinmissary
flavor about it. This aroused the gentleman
OF Whitley who said that it had become the Gus
tom to deride his service in tho army as being
confined to the commissary department. He de-
Tended with much eloQuence and vigor that nee
essary department of an army, after which the
resolution, amended by Senator Zimmerman to
the effect that there ought to be no distinction
in payment of pensions between officers and prl-
Yates, was adopted
A half hour or moro of the afternoon was
taken up il a recess TO allow Senators to greet
the school teachers of the city and pupils from
the Deaf and Dumb Institute. The latter were
also received by Speaker Sayre when they won't
over to the House. Both houses will adjourn
sine die on Monday.
Legislative. Notes.
The following from the Governor. addressed to the
Speaker of the House. was received but not read
Senate enrolled bills Nos s. 9, IL. 10 IS 25
As. TO 102 108. Ill, 127, 152. 191. 1873 20S,
2l7 242 and 293 have been received by me from the
House of RepI esentatves, through the chairman OF
the committee on enrolled bills each signed Warren
T. Sayre. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
aud said bills have been transmitted to the Senate fol-
the signatures of the President of the Senate and the